Window system



June 24, 1947. A. RAPPL WINDOW SYSTEM Filed June 2, 1944 Fm. A.

Patented June 24, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,422,9a4 WINDOW srs'rlm Anton Rappl, Eggertsville, N. Y., alllgnor to Trieo Products Corporation, Bull'alo, N. Y.

Application June 2, 1944, Serial No. 538,493

11 Claims. (OI. sec-44) 1 This invention relates to motor vehicles and primarily to an accessory system therefor, such as the one employed for the opening and closing of the window in a door thereof. Difliculty has means for maintaining the power connection constant across the hinge mounting of the door. Further the invention has for its object to provide a practical cross-over arrangement for the power line whichis durable and efllcient and is free from any wearing contact between the line and the vehicle structure.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the practical application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cross-over unit;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the unit; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view about on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral l designates the side door of a motor vehicle which is mounted at its forward edge by hinges 2 acting about an axis indicated at 3. The door is provided with a window 4 slidable vertically in guides 5 by means of a fluid motor 6,

the latter having a piston l with its rod 8 connected to one end of a bell crank lever 9, mounted at It, the opposite arm having a sliding connection with a bracket l l on the window.

While the motor may be operated from any suitable source of power, the illustrated embodiment is designed especially for operation by air pressure. Forthis purpose a suction line H leads from the intake manifold l3, as a source of supply, through a control valve, generally indicated at M, where it branches into passages l5 and I which communicate with the ends of the motor chamber at opposite sides of the piston to normally balance the same. This control valve 14 2 is operated from a remote point, such as the instrument panel IT, by means of an operator in the form of a venting valve II which is connected by a pair or conduits I! to the control valve l4. A like venting valve 20 may be arranged on the door and connected to the control valve by conduits II. The above arrangement is set forth more fully in my copending application filed May 4, 1942, Serial No. 441,612, the operation being such that upon the actuation of either venting valve the motor chamber may be vented at either end selectively to raise or lower the window.

The hinges 2 are of the well known concealed type which have a door mounted leaf curved to move into and out of a pocket 22 provided in the door frame or pillar structure 23.

According to the present invention the fluid pressure supply line I2 and the control lines it are carried across the hinge mounting of the door in a manner to avoid unnecessary wear and tear thereon. To this end there is mounted on the door a cross-over unit comprising a door carried arm 24 and a mounting leaf or plate 25. door carried arm is of a curved contour substantially conforming to that of the door carried leaves of the concealed door hinges 2 and likewise moves into and out of a pocket 26 similar to the pockets :2.

The outer or free terminal portion 21 terminates at or adjacent the axis 3 of hinging movement so as to-dispose or permit the disposition of the power line along such axis. A support 28 is located on the pillar structure 23 a distance either above or below the cross-over arm 24 to suspend the power and control lines for lying along the hinge axis, as shown at 29. Therefore, as the door is moved to its open position the suspended portions of the fluid lines will twist slightly but without any sliding or moving contact 01' the lines on their supporting parts 24 and 28. Such suspended portions will be protected and concealed within the hollow pillar structure for greater efficiency and longer life of the material, preferably rubber, of which they are made. 1

The conduits or fluid lines may be conveniently mounted on the cross-over arm by shaping the latter with a channel to receive them and then securing the same therein by striking thereover a plurality of retaining lugs 39 from the channel walls. To facilitate the installation of the ac- The cessory system lengths of metal tubing 3! may be 'factory installed in the arm channel and the rubber or flexible hose constituting the remainder of the fluid lines slipped over their protruding extremities. The metal tube inserts of the unit thus formed will have their extremities turned in the direction of the support 28 so as to dispose the suspended portions 29 along the hinge axis, or substantially so, for ready insertion in their respective lines.

Where the power lines constitute the wires of an electric circuit, the same manner of mounting and suspending them will follow as above set forth and therefore any reference in the appended claims to conduits will be an inclusive one. Likewise, the cross-over arm may be mounted on the pillar structure in a reversal of parts which arrangement is comprehended within the purview of the present invention.

The foregoing description has been given in detail for the sake of clearness and not by way of limitation since the inventive principles involved are capable of assuming other physical embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims and the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a pillar element supporting a door element by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door element, means on one of the aforesaid elements supporting the power line substantially at the hinge axis, and an arm carried by the other of the aforesaid elements and terminating substantially on the hinge axis but spaced therealong from said supporting means to cooperate with the latter in disposing a portion of the power line lengthwise of and substantially coincidental with the hinge axis.

2. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a movement, and a support on the pillar structure axially spaced from the cross-Over arm and cooperating therewith to support a portion of the power line along the axis.

5. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a pillar element supporting a door element by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door element, means on one of the aforesaid elements supporting the power line substantially at the hinge axis, and an arm fixed at one end on the other of the aforesaid elements and terminating at its opposite end substantially on the hinge line, said arm being of channeled cross section to receive and house the power line, portions of the channel wall being struck inwardly to overlie the power line for securing the latter within the channel.

6. A support for carrying a power line from the pillar structure of a doorway to its hingedly mounted door structure, comprising a power line carrying arm, and means for securing the arm to 4 a structure at one side of the hinge axis, said am terminating substantially at the hinge axis and having means to support an extending part of the power line substantially coaxial of the hinge axis.

7. A support for carrying a power line across the concealed hinge mounting for an automobile door wherein the mounting hing has a. curved leaf for moving into and out of a recess in the door jamb, comprising a bracket arm of like curvature to the leaf, means for securing one end of the arm to the door, and means for at- .taching a power line to the arm, the opposite end of the arm terminating to dispose thepower line coincidental with the hinge axis.

pillar element supporting a door element by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door element, means on one of the aforesaid elements supporting the power line substantially at the hinge axis, and an arm fixed at one end on the other of the aforesaid elements and terminating at its opposite end substantially on the hinge line, said arm having a power line insert with an end portion capable of accommodating the torque incidental to such door swinging movement and angularly directed toward the supporting means along the hinge axis to maintain communication with that portion of the power line on the supporting means.v

' 3. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a pillar element supporting a, door element by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door element, means on one of the aforesaid elements supporting the power line substantially at the hinge axis, and an arm fixed at one end on the other of the aforesaid elements and terminating at its opposite end-substantially on the hinge line, said arm being of channeled cross sectiton to receive and house the power line.

4. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a pillar structure supporting a door by concealed hinge means arranged in a pocket within the structure, a power line, a cross-over arm fixed to the door and conforming in shape substantially to that of the door connected part of the hinge means, the pillar structure having another pocket into which the arm extends and in which the arm terminates substantially on the axis of hinging 8. A motor vehicle having a doorway with a pillar element supporting a door element by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door element, a control line likewise leading across the hinge line, a line support at one side of the hinged line, a cross-over arm at the opposite side of the hinge line cooperating with the line support to dispose the cross-over portions of the power line and the control line along the axis of the hinging movement, said cross-over arm having a channel receiving both lines, and means for holding the lines within the channel.

9. A cross-over support for air hose connections leading across the hinge line of a door,

' comprising a channeled bracket arm having means for mounting the same at one end to dispose its opposite end substantially at the hinge axis, and conduit inserts secured within the channel of the arm and havinghose attaching terminals at the opposite end of the arm directed at right angles to lie substantially along the axis of hinging movement of the door.

10. A motor vehicle supporting a doorway with a pillar structure by hinge means for swinging movement, a power line leading across the hinge line of the door structure, means on one of the aforesaid structures fixedly supporting the power line substantially at the hinge axis, and means spaced from the first means and fixedly supporting the power line on the other of the aforesaid structures substantially coincidental with the 5- 3 11. A supporting unit for carrying a, power line from the pillar structure of a doorway to its REFERENCES CITED hingedly mounted door structure. comprising a he f ll w e erenc ar f record in the mounting portion adapted to be secured to one fil Of thi patent: structure and a power line forming portion, a 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS portion of said unit terminating in an angular extension which lies along the hinge axis and Number Name Date which serves to dispose a, part of the power line 2,240,763 (3111 y 1941 substantially coaxial with said hinge axis, and 2,335,696 mp9] et 4 30, 19113 means for securing the unit at on side of the 10 2,341,478 Rappl 3, 1 hinge axis.

ANTON RAPPL. 

